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Do polycentric urban regions promote functional spillovers and economic performance? Evidence from China

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  • Yixiao Wang
  • Bindong Sun
  • Tinglin Zhang

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Although the literature often suggests that the economic prowess of ‘polycentric urban regions’ partly results from the ability of their constituent cities to promote functional spillovers through ‘borrowed size’, the empirical evidence remains scarce. This paper finds that polycentricity boosts the positive functional spillovers of producer service sector of city clusters beyond their boundaries only when city clusters have larger population and better urban infrastructure connectivity. And consequently, functional spillovers increase urban labour productivity. The labour division among cities could be the essential mechanism for the linkage between polycentricity and regional functional spillovers.

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  • Yixiao Wang & Bindong Sun & Tinglin Zhang, 2022. "Do polycentric urban regions promote functional spillovers and economic performance? Evidence from China," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(1), pages 63-74, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:56:y:2022:i:1:p:63-74
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2020.1841147
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    1. Liang Zhang & Linlin Zhang & Xue Liu, 2022. "Evaluation of Urban Spatial Growth Performance from the Perspective of a Polycentric City: A Case Study of Hangzhou," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-20, July.
    2. Liang Zhang & Xianfan Shu & Jiaojiao Luo, 2022. "The Formation of a Polycentric City in Transitional China in a Three-Level Analysis Framework: The Case Study of Hangzhou," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-17, November.
    3. Xiang Shi & Xiao Yu & Shijun Wang & Feilong Hao, 2023. "Influence of Intercity Network on Land Comprehensive Carrying Capacity: A Perspective of Population Flow," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-21, July.
    4. Zhang, Songlin & Miao, Xuaner & Zheng, Haoqing & Chen, Weihong & Wang, Huafeng, 2024. "Spatial functional division in urban agglomerations and carbon emission intensity: New evidence from 19 urban agglomerations in China," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 300(C).
    5. Zaiyu Fan & Zhen Zhong, 2023. "Spatial Morphological Characteristics and Evolution of Policy-Oriented Urban Agglomerations—Take the Yangtze River Middle Reaches Urban Agglomeration as an Example," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(18), pages 1-20, September.

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